LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

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Unit Trusts

A collective investment scheme the investors pay money into in exchange for units. The money is invested in a diversified portfolio of assets.
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United States Dollar (USD)

The famous greenback our friends in the US use as currency.
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W-8BEN Form

Non-US individuals and businesses may have to file this form for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the US tax authority.
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After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.
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OEIC

Unique to the UK, these funds pool together money to invest from multiple investors.
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Earnings per share

We look at what earnings per share mean and how to calculate it
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Time Value of Money

The concept that money you have now is more valuable than the same sum in the future.
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Accrued interest

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt
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Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.
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